Hi Guys,

As the subject denotes, I would like to know whether it's possible to

deny someone from forwarding an email that I've sent him myself

earlier. In the sense that I have a file in PDF format which I need to

attach in this email but since the PDF file contains sensitive data, I

need ONLY the intended particular recipients to receive my email; in a

way that these same intended recipients won't be able to forward my

email to third parties. Similarly it's important that the recipients

won't be able to copy this file on their Hard Disk [C:] as then it will

be very easy for them to forward the file as a new attachment in a new

email.

Just to make it clear, the CONTENTS in the email itself are not a

problem if they are copied and FORWARDED; my concern is only the PDF

file attached, that is, how I can prevent the file I attached from

being distributed to non-intended recipients or to third parties.

The PDF file attached I need to send is already in READ ONLY format and

the recipients can't copy the contents by a simple COPY PASTE but my

concern is still the one mentioed above as presently they still can

forward my email to third parties.

In this regard, can someone help me out please? Maybe you know of a

setting I can do in my email account settings or a software which can

help me solve out my problem? Or maybe from Adobe Acrobat Professional

itself...

Just to let you know, preferably I'd like to use my GMAIL account to

send this email but please feel free if there's a solution related to

other email programs other than Web-based e-mail services like Gmail.

I thank you in advance for any comments and assistance.

Best Regards,

Corolla


I'm running Windows XP and the Firefox browser.

Here's my opinion. I think you should consider taking this entirely out of the Internet arena and use regular mail to send this sensitive document. You might also send it by certified mail, or whatever the Postal option is called that requires the recipient to sign for a mailing received and which results in a signed FORM being returned to you.

As you've said, you cannot technically prevent - as far as I know, that is true - the recipient from forwarding the PDF to someone ELSE. But, if, for some reason, you feel you must send the document in digital format, you could at least get an agreement from them not to distribute that PDF to anyone else before you send it to them. Again, do this BEFORE you send it to them. If they do not agree, then don't send it to them. If they agree but violate the agreement, you may have grounds for legal action against them.I don't know of way to this without using a third party service. You can send self destructing emails through them. A free service for this is http://www.kicknotes.com/. You might also want to google for BigString. It is more flexible and has more control.I sent a little test message to myself from http://www.kicknotes.com/ to see how it works. I set the message to self-destruct after one viewing and, indeed, I could only view it one time.

I SAW no option for attachments. So, you wouldn't be able to send a PDF by using this service. Also, note that the text in one of these messages can be copied and pasted into Word or whatever. corolla315, will you quit that hellaciously annoying double spacing!!!
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Hi All,

Thanks a lot for your replies guys...I really appreciate...Actually I can't use a self-destructing option as that's not a solution for me - I want a particular intended recipient to keep the email on his PC-no prob. However what I don't want is not to be forwarded to 3rd parties I don't even know!

Thanks a lot anyway for all your help.

Best Regards,

Corolla